very slowly into stride, headway over 5f out, ridden and weakened over 3f out
in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders and keen, kept on one pace
made all, shaken approaching final furlong, held on
tracked leaders and keen, lost place and hampered 3f out, no further impression
tracked leaders, weakened over 1f out
always in the rear
towards rear, headway over 3f out, soon ridden and ran on strongly, just denied
in touch, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, every chance edged left and one pace final furlong
held up, mid-division, never a danger
Moon Valley gets the confident vote here with Mighty Kitchener and Chia rating the main dangers. The selection was a fair second behind Drawback last time out and with the step-up in trip likely to bring about some improvement he looks the one to be on. Mighty Kitchener rates the main danger as he won well last time out when beating Ardent Prince. However that was over a longer trip and he looks vulnerable under his penalty over this shorter trip. Chia was second behind Border Edge last time and is another with place claims but 1 win in 27 runs is off-putting. Sovereign Spirit was second behind Down The Brick last time and is another with place claims but he is hard to win with while the booking of Seb Sanders for Art Professor catches the eye but his overall profile leaves him with a little to find and Moon Valley looks the one to be on.
Moon Valley 9-2 (9-13) Always prominent, keen hold, led over 4f out, edged right over 2f out, soon ridden, headed and no extra well inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Drawback (9-8) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gs.
Royal Premier (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, soon eased, 10th of 11, 24l behind Central Force (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Chia (IRE) 8-1 (9-12) Slowly into stride, soon recovered, headway under pressure over 2f out, stayed on approaching final furlong, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Border Edge (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
Mighty Kitchener (USA) 7-1 (9-8) Mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, led and ridden out, won at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Ardent Prince (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
Colton 12-1 (9-10) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon no impression, 7th of 12, 10l behind Rowan River (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Sovereign Spirit (IRE) 10-1 (9-10) Held up, steady headway from over 4f out, kept on to take 2nd close home, held by winner, 2nd of 13, 3l behind Down The Brick (9-3) at Chepstow 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Ha'penny Beacon 25-1 (8-9) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, no impression over 2f out, 6th of 12, 20l behind Mister Completely (9-6) at W'hampton 2m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Art Professor (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Dwelt, towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, went 2nd final stride, not reach winner, 2nd of 12, 5l behind Hot Diamond (9-1) at Salisbury 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gs.
